Checks Quotes - Page 20

• I think the music business is changing. Artists that don't want to tour and just want to collect royalty checks and stay home are not going to be able to do that.

  Steve Earle

  Home, Artist, Thinking

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. August 18, 2004.

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  Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

  Clint Eastwood

  Art, Ego, Listening

  "Clint Eastwood Describes His Near-Death Experience, Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War (Exclusive)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2015.

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• I'm always looking upwards and looking forwards and so when someone says, "Hey, would you consider a TV show?" I say, "Hell yeah, I'll consider that. I'll check that out."

  Henry Rollins

  Tv Shows, Hey, Tvs

  Source: movieweb.com

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• Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Reason, Vain, Quench

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IX, (7), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• In this country we're unprecedentedly safe, comfortable, and well fed, with more and better venues for stimulation. And yet if you were asked, 'Is this a happy or unhappy country?' you'd check the 'unhappy' box. We're living in an era of emotional poverty, which is something that serious drug addicts feel most keenly.

  David Foster Wallace

  Country, Emotional, Drug

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• I wake up and check my Instagram to see what I missed out on last night. Then I check my Twitter. Then I check my Tumblr.

  Domo Genesis

  Night, Wake Up, Lasts

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 15, 2012.

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• I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.

  Neil Strauss

  Couple, Eye, Years

  Neil Strauss (2011). “Emergency: One man's story of a dangerous world, and how to stay alive in it”, p.7, Canongate Books

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• You know, my problem is I cant say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.

  Dan Savage

  Writing, People, Want

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• I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.

  Sara Shepard

  Reading, School, Brave New World

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• There's so much that I like about Pittsburgh, actually. The cultural district and museums are wonderful, and I encourage everyone to check them out. And the food is excellent, too!

  Troy Polamalu

  Museums, Pittsburgh, Wonderful

  "Super Bowl safety talks about some of his favorite destinations". Interview with Jae-Ha Kim, newsok.com. February 6, 2011.

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• When I got my tour card I cried. When I got my first win - and my first pay check - I cried. All these things make me cry.

  Bubba Watson

  Winning, Cards, Pay

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• The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate to check its eternal onward march

  Bhagat Singh

  Soul, Humanity, May

  Bhagat Singh, Bhagat (2010). “WOF : Bhagat Singh”, p.52, Penguin Books India

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• Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her record. Her voice is KILLER.

  Sharon Van Etten

  New York, Cake, Play

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• I check all my props, everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely.

  Barbara Windsor

  Taken, Acting, Done

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I want to check out how my lifes been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.

  Bobby Womack

  Albums, Want, Steps

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• Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.

  Shawn Achor

  Beautiful, Mean, Successful

  "5 Ways to Turn Happiness Into An Advantage" by Shawn Achor, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 30, 2011.

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• According to a new study, most men would like women to occasionally pick up the check. The study also found that most women would occasionally like to be paid as much as men for doing the same job.

  Conan O'Brien

  Jobs, Men, Study

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• I mean, even in these snow pants,check out my ass.

  Jennifer Echols

  Mean, Snow, Pants

  Jennifer Echols (2009). “The Ex Games”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• LinkedIn's got a little progress bar. It wants you to do things like sign up 10 of your friends. It does that near the end. At the beginning it's like, 'You put in your name. 20 percent progress! How about some other information?' People want to fill in that progress bar. They like to complete a task. They like to check a box.

  Jesse Schell

  Names, People, Progress

  "Gaming academic Jesse Schell expounds on chocofication and motivating players to play and pay". Interview with Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com. February 10, 2013.

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• There was an embarrassing moment at a recent Democratic fundraiser. When John Kerry was handed a $10 million dollar check, he said, 'I do.'

  Craig Kilborn

  Dollars, Moments, Embarrassing

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• Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place. Either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and present users with a confirmation option before they commit to the action.

  Jakob Nielsen

  Errors, Design, Messages

  "10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design". www.nngroup.com. January 1, 1995.

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• There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children Her government subsidy check came to $4,892.

  Sam Levenson

  Children, Shoes, Government

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.150, Open Road Media

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• Its very pulse, if I may use the word, was like no other clock. It did not mark the flight of every moment with a gentle second stroke, as though it would check old Time, and have him stay his pace in pity, but measured it with one sledge-hammer beat, as if its business were to crush the seconds as they came trooping on, and remorselessly to clear a path before the Day of Judgment.

  Charles Dickens

  Crush, Hammers, Pace

  Charles Dickens (1871). “The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Pieces”, p.225

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• I have found that when calculating what no one has calculated before, like my observing sessions on the mountain, my mental acuity peaks. Ironically, these are the times that I would flunk the reality check normally reserved for mental patients and dazed boxers: What is your name? What day is it? Who is the president of the United States?... I do not know, and I do not care. I am at peace with my equations as I connect to the cosmic engines that drive our universe.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Reality, Names, President

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• I cashed my first check in the NFL at a cashing joint-uh, I think they laughed at me.

  Bart Scott

  Thinking, Nfl, Joints

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